Roasted Tomatoes with Basil

published: 2024-10-05
tomatoes basil garlic

God bless Pat for this recipe! Great as is (chunky) or blended for pasta or pizza sauce.

Per sheet pan:

  • ~1 qt basil leaves
  • 4-5 garlic cloves, whole or halved
  • 6-8 large tomatoes, roughly wedged
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp salt
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Lay out basil leaves and scatter garlic over the pan.
  3. Loosely pack pan with tomatoes, skin side down.
  4. Drizzle olive oil and sprinkle salt over tomatoes.
  5. Roast for 30 min, rotate, then roast for another 30 min.
  6. Done when the juices have thickened and some of the tomatoes have browned/carmelized.

Makes 1 quart. Freezes well.